Instructions to Railway Postal Clerks

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Creator

Railway Mail Service

Title

Instructions to Railway Postal Clerks

Coverage

Washington, DC

Publisher

United States Government

Date

1894

Description

Railway mail was highly organized and efficient, and railway mail clerks processed millions of pieces of mail sent via trains. This book of instructions provided clerks with a set of rules and procedures to efficiently process mail in the railway post office car and to protect the mail while it was in transit.